Thanks for the informationa and quick response!


I read the EI over a couple of times and here is what I plan to do after my 3 day black starting Wednesday:


10 hours of light only
--Lights on only from 11am - 9pm
--CO2 on only from 10am-8:30pm

50-70% weekly water change on Sundays.

Dosing:
1.5 tsp KN03 (Potassium Nitrate Dry from Greg Watson) 3x a week
.5 tsp KH2P04 (Mono Potassium Phosphate Dry from Greg Watson) 3x a week
.5 tsp Trace Elements (Seachem "Flourish") 3x a week

Seems like too little additives for such a big tank?

I have a large bottle of Seachem Potassium, but I see that the dry nitrate and phosphate has K+ in it, shall I dose additional K+ 3x a week as well?

Same question goes for Iron, I have a Seachem bottle of Flourish Iron, should I use this? My substrate should have iron and so does the Flourish trace elements?

I feel like I mising something else?

As for measuring CO2, right now I have a KH dropper test kit and a Pinpoint pH controller and also pH dropper test kit. I am going to keep pumping enough CO2 into the tank to maintain a 6.4ish pH (6-8 bubbles/sec) until I can figure out a good way for me to caclulate my CO2 levels accurately. I am only going to run the CO2 1 hour before lights on and off before lights out. If need be I can lower the on/off pH setting on the controll to pump more CO2 into the tank etc.


My current lighting is equal to 2 watts/gal I am thinking about increasing this to 3 or 4.

Any further comments? I am going to record my progess and will post all results I get with pictures as soon as my blackout period has ended.

Thanks!!